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Checks and Balance from The Economist

Checks and Balance: You asked, we answer

Checks and Balance from The Economist

The Economist

Politics, News & Politics, News, Us Politics

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Normally we take one big theme shaping American politics and explore it in depth. This week is a little different: we’re going to answer your questions. We tackle whether America will ever have a female president, the politics of health-care reform and how the show gets made. Plus, a bumper quiz. 


John Prideaux hosts with Charlotte Howard, Idrees Kahloon and Jon Fasman.  


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0:00.0

As Nigel opened his Amazon parcel, it was in love at first sight.

0:04.5

Sleek design and effortless cornering.

0:07.2

This vacuum cleaner screamed quality and for a price lower than he ever dreamed.

0:11.8

Five stars from Nigel.

0:15.0

With star reviews from you and star prices from us,

0:18.2

start your search on Amazon today.

0:31.0

I'm John Prado and this is checks and balance from the economist.

0:35.0

Normally, each week we take one big theme, shaping American politics and explore it in depth.

0:40.0

But today, instead of doing that, we're going to answer your questions.

0:44.0

We've been asking listeners to send in questions about American politics

0:48.0

or anything else they want us to answer.

0:50.0

And with me to try and answer a selection of those questions,

0:53.0

are Idris Calune, who this week is coming to us from Chicago, Charlotte Howard,

0:57.0

in her usual perch in New York and John Fasman,

1:00.0

somewhere upstate in New York, but with his camera off,

1:03.0

so we can't quite verify that.

1:05.0

Idris, how are you doing and what's going on in Chicago?

1:07.0

I was passing through, I was in Wisconsin for a few days doing some reporting

1:11.0

and I'm on my way to San Francisco.

1:13.0

So Chicago is the right terminus to get from one place to the other.

1:17.0

And Charlotte, what about you? What's up in New York?

1:19.0

I'm looking forward to having John Fasman back on.

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